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Asset managers gearing for growth in 2018

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
The asset management and wider wealth management industries are confident about growth prospects in 2018 but remain realistic about responding to intense fee pressures, a PwC global survey shows. The majority (87%) of the 126 asset and wealth management ...

Former UniSuper investment analyst joins AustralianSuper

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
A senior investment analyst at UniSuper, who left the fund in July last year, has taken on a new role at AustralianSuper. Joseph McWilliams joins AustralianSuper as a senior business analyst. While at UniSuper, he worked in the portfolio analysis and ...

Fidante forms partnership with $500m firm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
Fidante entered into a strategic partnership with and acquired a minority stake in a New York-based hedge fund firm with more than $500 million in assets under management. As part of the agreement with Latigo Partners, Fidante parent company Challenger ...

NAB launches super virtual assistant

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
NAB has launched a digital assistant that helps MLC members engage with their superannuation. Available on Google Home devices, Talk to MLC answers 15 common questions members ask: such as how to open an MLC account, find lost super and change investment ...

JBWere senior analyst joins Perennial

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
A senior analyst at JBWere is taking on a new role at Perennial after eight years. Hugo Brettingham-Moore joins Perennial as an investment specialist on the retail distribution team in Melbourne. He originally joined JBWere in 2010 as an analyst, having ...

PIMCO sells Aussie banks as correction looms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
PIMCO is winding down its exposure to Australian banks and certain real estate investment trusts as risks increase in these investments. In an outlook report, PIMCO portfolio manager Aaditya Thakur and credit research analyst John Dwyer said that while ...

SMSFs ceding ground to direct investors in the ETF market

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... ETF investor is lower in newer investors (about 30% for those who invested in the last year). BetaShares chief executive Alex Vynokur said he expected this to rise as newer investors see ETFs as a new wealth creation vehicle; an alternative to the traditional ...

HNWIs give a boost to resurgent art market: Research

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
High-net-worth investors, particularly the growing Asian cohort, have boosted the global art market by 12% after two years of decline. UBS, in partnership with Art Basel, published a report containing macro-level analysis of global art-buying habits ...

Financial advice under the Royal Commission spotlight next month

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
The Royal Commission will set its sights on the financial advice industry in April, with the first hearing taking place on the 16th. The first round of public hearings commenced today and focused on consumer lending practices regarding credit products ...

Janus Henderson portfolio manager joins Aussie boutique

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
The former portfolio manager of Janus Henderson's equity absolute return strategy has taken on a new role at an Australian equities boutique based in Melbourne. David Rosenbloom joins ARCO Investment Management as a senior investment analyst. In this ...